,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #efh #aaith         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #cbif    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,december #b1 #bjbe,ms4       
,collins 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,ms4 ,blunt           
,rochester1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1
 and ,mr4 ,moreno7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,september #ad1 #bjbf,reported by ,mr4  
,paul1 without amendment  ,a ,,bill  ,to
 amend chapter #ha of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to cover1 for purposes of
 workers' compensation under such       
chapter1 services by physician          
assistants and nurse practitioners      
provided to injured ,federal workers1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,improving ,access to ,workers'         
,compensation for ,injured ,federal     
,workers ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,inclusion 
of physician assistants and nurse       

practitioners in ,federal ,employees'   
,compensation ,act  7a7 ,inclusion      
,section #haja of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
paragraph 7#c71 by inserting 1 other    
eligible providers1 after osteopathic   
practitioners2  7#b7 by striking and at 
the end of paragraphs 7#ah7 and 7#ai72  
7#c7 by striking the period at the end  
of paragraph 7#bj7 and inserting 2 and2 
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#ba7 other eligible        
provider means a nurse practitioner or  
physician assistant within the scope of 
their practice as defined by ,state law4
  4  7b7 ,conforming amendments ,chapter
 #ha of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended-- 7#a7 in section           
#hajc7;a7-- 7,a7 by inserting or other  
eligible provider after physician each  
place it appears2 and  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#c71 by inserting 7or other eligible  
providers7 after physicians2  7#b7 in   
section #haba7f71 by inserting or other 
eligible provider after physician2 and  

7#c7 in section #habc7;a7-- 7,a7 by     
inserting or other eligible provider    
after ,the employee may have a          
physician2  7,b7 by inserting or other  
eligible provider after ,united ,states 
and the physician2 and  7,c7 by striking
 a third physician and inserting an     
additional physician4  7c7 ,regulations 
,not later than #f months after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,labor shall finalize     
rules to carry out the amendments made  
by this ,act4  ,september #ad1          
#bjbf,reported without amendment